Thanksgiving is a special time of the year. [Wednesday evening]

We are all fortunate to have wonderful friends and family. This is a special time of the year to take our blessings into consideration. I am thankful for all of you.

This Wednesday evening in our area there will be a multi-religiious gathering at a local Jewish 'Synagogue'. It is sponsored and organized by the Niles Township Clergy Association. My Roman Catholic parish of Saint Joan of Arc and pastor Father Kehoe are active in this group. This year it will be held at the Ezra Habonim Jewish Congregation at 4500 Dempster Street at 7:30pm in Skokie. This gathering will include: Catholics, Baptists, Bahai, Sikhs, Buddhists, Methodists, Jews, Muslims, Lutherans, .... It is a general prayer gathering with music and short thoughtful sermons/speeches which is inspirational and thought provoking.

It usually lasts about an hour. There are snacks served afterward and a mingling of those in attendance. I just found the details for this particular event via Google. There is a sign in front of the Jewish Congregation site on Dempster announcing this event.

There are similar gatherings in many areas. If you or yours are not going to be in the Skokie area at this time you can probably find a similar event close to your home. I highly recommend this type of service and usually attend this particular gathering annually. This type of event is traditionally done on the evening before Thanksgiving and it will be the 40th annual gathering of this type by the Niles Township Clergy Association.

I am thankful for all of you and our dental care team at Smiles of Skokie. It is a pleasure and honor to be able to care for all of you and help you with your health!

It would be nice to see you at this event if you can attend. It is a busy family/friend time and many of you will be too involved in holiday preparations to attend but all of you will be in my thoughts and prayers.

I wish all of you and all of yours the best always!